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Last time...
Everyone went their separate ways and I hated seeing Edward walk upstairs alone, yet again the odd man out.
BPOV
I woke up Saturday morning feeling like last night's dinner party had all been a dream. It had actually gone quite smoothly, I had feared some horrible reunion, but for the most part they respected my privacy and treated me as an adult.
It had been the first time that I had been around them that I hadn't felt inferior to them and I think it was because they were no longer perfect in my eyes, they were actually human to me as odd as that may sound. I was happy now, Will always made me feel like the most beautiful women in the world and I had been with him for almost 3 years now, and in those 3 years I had grown to believe him. I knew that if nothing else, it didn't matter how others thought I looked because Will truly did think I was beautiful. He also always made me feel equal to him, we never dealt with anything major individually, if it was important we leaned on each other, took the others feelings and thoughts into consideration and then found common ground on how to proceed. I used to believe in soul mates and when I had been with Edward I had thought that was what we were, but now I realized the soul mates was more than infatuation and desire, Will and I truly were 2 pieces of a bigger whole.
I was getting up to take a shower, thinking Will was asleep when he dived out of bed and pulled me back into our bed.
"I wasn't done holding you yet," He pouted while he buried his face into my neck. "Mmm you smell so good in the mornings"
"I smell like I need a shower" I said, and ran my hands up his chest. He was half leaning over on me, his face still in the crook of me neck having pulled my hair away from my throat he was now trailing light kisses down neck towards my collar bone. "Ugh, If you start that I'll never get out of this bed, which means I won't call Renee to tell her about our engagement, and I wont get my class outlines done and I will fail everything, and you will have to marry a bum who can get a job." I finished dramatically, feeling his lips now along my collarbone, I wasn't even paying attention to what I was saying anymore.
"You don't play fair Bella..." Will pouted even more, "What If we compromise? An hour more in bed together and then we get up." His lips were moving down now trailing around the top curve of my breast.
"I'm sold" I said, eyes closed just absorbing the feeling of his wonderful lips. We hadn't been together since Monday night, and for us that seemed like an eternity, It was like our bodies derived energy from one another. I ran my fingers through his hair and brought his face back up to my lips. I needed him to kiss me, really kiss me and oh did he, my hands were still in his hair and I moved them down along his neck and settled them on his shoulders, rolling us over, never breaking our kiss so that I was on top straddling him. It was times like these that I was glad that Will like to sleep naked because it really cut down on time wasted discarding useless clothes. My black babydoll nightie was easily discarded and thrown to the floor in seconds and since I hadn't put on the matching panties last night I was naked in one quick move. His hands were holding onto me, grabbing my outer thighs tightly, and holding me closer to him. I let go of his mouth and kissed down his beautiful chest and then sat up looking down at him with lust in my eyes.
"I need you Bella, I need you so bad right now," he said pushing his hips further towards me.
I leaned back down and kissed his lips, pulling away to whisper against them "Your wish is my command" before sliding myself onto him. It hadn't taken much for him to be ready for me, It never usually did actually. We moved together perfectly me in control but he met my every move with a quiet demand for more and I happily listened to his silent plea's.
We had both already come twice and I was laying sprawled across him feeling boneless, sweaty, and sticky. "I absolutely need a shower now" I said kissing his chest "and so do you." I smiled up at him
"Would you mind terribly if I joined you?" he asked dragging his fingertips lightly up and down my back and looking into my eyes.
"Well it would be a pretty big imposition, but I could probably live through it." I said
"You think its pretty big do you?' he smiled down at me
I laughed sitting up and lightly hitting his shoulder, "Shut up Will, you know what I meant" I couldn't help laughing, Will just made me smile and it wasn't only because he wasn't lying about the pretty big part.
"Ow abuse, abuse," he said jokingly grabbing the shoulder I had lightly hit. "You'll have to pay for that Bella, I think you will just have to let me wash you, you bad, dirty girl." He said and picked me up carrying me to the bathroom.
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I had just finished blow drying my hair when Will called me out for breakfast. He had made a delicious looking omelette with hash browns and a fruit salad.
"Wow, babe you went all out this morning." I said kissing his cheek before going to the fridge, "What do you want to drink?" I asked him
"Orange juice and a coffee please" he said, he had already made the coffee so I just had to pour him a cup.
I got our drinks ready and sat down to my meal. I took a bite of the omelette and it was amazing, "Oh my goodness babe, this is your best breakfast yet I think" I said greedily picking up more to eat, I was ravenous. "Thanks by the way, you shouldn't have"
"Aww, well it was nothing I just thought I needed to start you off right if you are still going to call your mother today" he said eating his own breakfast.
"Yea thanks for the reminder by the way," I said sarcastically, "Wanna take bets how long I will be stuck on the phone with her for this one?"
"I wouldn't even want to try and guess at that, who knows though, maybe she'll take it fine, her big issue was what would happen if we broke up right? So now we're getting Married that should make her happy, take her fears away." Will said
"Oh, you are cute Will, how naive you are." I squeezed his hand and smiled at him "Will, mom... I don't know, I told you about her hang-ups with relationships, I know she's married to Phil and happy now so you wouldn't expect it, but I don't think she will ever get over what happened between her and Charlie; she probably wouldn't have ever taken me getting married well just because she's afraid of what might happen. But I think with us though, it is more that I hurt her when she found out that we had been seeing each other for so long before I told her, and she couldn't stay mad at me so she blames you. It's not fair but in time, after we are married for a while, I'm sure she will come around and get to know you and love you."
"I wish I could make this easier on you Bella, I hate that you have to deal with this. Maybe if I just..." Will said lovingly but I cut him off
"No! Will this isn't your doing it's hers, so don't think there is anything you can do; and you do make this easier on me by just being here so don't worry. Beside listen to us, we are talking about our wedding Will, it's a happy occasion nothing is going to ruin that okay."
"Okay" he said while he brought my left hand up to his mouth and kissed my ring, like he did every time he remembered that I was really his for life.
I had delayed as long as I could by washing dishes and arranging things around the house but now there was nothing else I could hide behind, it was time. I found the cordless phone, if it was going to be a long one I needed to be able to move around, and I dialed her number, it should be around 1:00 in Jacksonville so she should be home.
Phone call...
Ring Ring Ri... Hello?
Hi Mom, It's Bella
Bella! Honey it's so good to hear from you, it's been what almost a week and a half? I talked to you right before you left for Las Vegas. (as usual she leaves Will out)
Yea mom, I'm so sorry I couldn't find the time to call you sooner. I just have so much to tell you and I needed time for a proper chat you know.
Oh Bella, You and Will broke up didn't you? It's okay baby you will find a better man, I have all day to talk, you just tell momma all about it, it's going to be fine darling...
No mom, Will and I have not broken up! gosh way to jump to conclusions. Actually it's just the opposite."
What is the opposite of breaking up if you're already dating Bella?
Well, actually mom, Will and I are actually engaged now...
Silence
Mom, you there still?
What did you just say?
I said that Will and I are engaged, we are getting married mom, isn't that exciting?
Silence
Mom! What's wrong with you? say something, your daughter just told you that she is getting married and is happy and you don't have anything to say?
Don't you think you guys a little young?
Hardly, we're happy mom, Will's 28 and I'm 21, we are both adults and want to start our life together properly you know. We are going to wait to have the wedding till next year though since I want to graduate first and then have time to prepare everything...
Bella, you know, if he is pressuring you to get married you don't have to...
MOM! STOP IT! You know, I knew you wouldn't take it well but come on, even you know Will would never pressure me into getting married. He asked and I said yes and I haven't felt anything but joy about that decision. Will is it for me mom, he's the one, and I can't wait to marry him.
Bella, it's just you're so young sweetheart and you have lots of time you know? I think if...
Look mom I'm not going to do this with you anymore, It was one thing when you were just afraid of what would happen with my schooling if we broke up but, mom, I'm marrying him now, We're a packaged deal now so if you can't be supportive, play nice, and accept him into your family then you lose me too.
But Bella you're being unreasonable dear...
No, I'm finally doing the right thing, Will has been nice to you and has stuck up for you and you do nothing but say bad things about him or accuse him of things he has never even done. I'm going to hang up now and I'm not going to call back, I want you to think mom, really think, and when you accept us as a couple and are willing to get to know him then you call me and I'll be happy to talk to you and so will William, otherwise just wait for the wedding invite to which you will be expected to act like a grownup and be civil at or not come at all. Mom I love you, I really do but you haven't even met Will or taken the time to even have a proper phone discussion with him yet, you disrespect him and I have let it go on far too long. I'll look forward to your call when you can make it, until then, goodbye mom and I love you.
And I hung up the phone.
Then the tears started, I cried and I hated myself for it. I felt Will wrap his arms around my waist and he reached up to wipe my tears away but there were just too many to be stopped. I turned in his arms and buried my face in his chest and let myself fall apart knowing that Will would be there to pick up the pieces.
He picked me up and carried me to our bed where he laid me down and just held me close and stroked my hair while I cried myself to sleep.
I woke up slowly, still engulfed in Will's arms. "Thank-you" I whispered
"For what Bella?" He asked
"For holding me, for taking care of me, for asking me to marry you, for always being there when I need you, for just being you... Shall I continue" I said quietly
"I Like holding you, and I like taking care of you, and I can't believe I was lucky enough to have you say yes when I asked you to marry me, and I will always be there for you Bella because I love you and I like being there, and I'm only me when I'm with you babe." He said back to me. "What happened on the phone? Do you want to tell me about it? You don't have to"
"Oh Will I'm so sorry I didn't put a stop to my Mom earlier, you haven't deserved having to deal with her treating you like she has." I said, sad again, how could she treat someone I loved like that.
"Bella you don't have to worry, you don't have to choose sides, don't be mad at her..." Will was so sweet
"No Will that's just it, I do have to choose sides because you know what, we're one, when she picks on you she hurts me and it unacceptable to both of us. She hasn't even tried Will and you know it and I've had enough of it. I love you and I'm going to marry you, have a family with you, and I'm not going to have someone I love who is supposed to love me do this to you anymore. This was supposed to be the most joyous phone call I ever made, telling my mom I was getting married, yet this is how it ends and the worst part is I never expected anything different. She can be back in our lives when she is willing to be a part of OUR lives. How sad is it that even Carlisle's family was happier and more supportive of our marriage then my own mother?" he would never know just how significant that actually was.
Will continued to hold me for a while; we were quiet for the most part, just being together was what we both needed. Sometimes I envied Wills family being so far away in Britain, even then it was only his father that was still alive along with a handful of extended family members who he wasn't particularly close to. Will had moved to America with his mom Evie when he was 10, and then during his first year of University she had died in a car accident, someone who wasn't paying attention had driven through a red light and killed her instantly along with themselves. Will missed her terribly, he had told me how close they had been, and I think that's why it was so much harder on him what was going on with my mother, and as much as my mom's rejection of him hurt him he still didn't want me to have to lose her.
"Do you think your mom would have approved of me Will?" I asked, I knew he was thinking of her and I wanted him to be able to talk to me about it.
"Honestly? I think she would have loved you eventually, but I was a momma's boy, so she probably would have been standoffish at first, thinking you were stealing her only son from her," He said smiling obviously picturing what could have been in his mind, " And of course I would have never heard the end of me being irresponsible dating one of my students at first, we would never have been able to hide our relationship from her like we did your parents either, even had we wanted to she would have found out." He laughed, " But she would have met you and seen how beautiful you are and seen how happy you made me, and then she would have seen how well you take care of me and she would have loved you and forgotten that she had ever had any doubts about you or us. In fact from there on out she probably would have like you better then me and driven you nuts, always being around, showering you with gifts, you would have had a fight on your hands when it came to the wedding too, she would already have the whole thing planned out by now."
"Is there anything specific you think she would have wanted for our wedding you think?" I asked
"Not really, I can't think of anything anyways." He answered
"Do you have anything of hers saved, or put away? Something that we can incorporate into the wedding, so that a piece of her is with us?"
"Well I have all of her jewellery in storage, in fact I should go and grab it for you, she would want you to have it, and there is some of her old poetry books too, she loved reading like you and especially loved poetry, there is a couple of her dresses, most of her stuff I gave to goodwill but a couple of her favourites I kept along with her wedding dress. There is some other stuff too but I haven't been to that storage unit in, oh, almost 7 years now." He said looking a bit sad. "We should do that this summer, go sort through it all, you can wear her wedding dress if it's something you like but don't feel like you have to. Hopefully we can get a bigger place soon, and then we can actually consolidate all our stuff better and take all her book out of storage."
"Yes that sounds wonderful, maybe I can find some of her Jewelery to wear on the big day, and then we can go through her poetry books and find some passages to incorporate into the wedding somehow."
"That sounds lovely Bella, but make sure its all what you want okay."
"It will be exactly what WE want Will, and I want to feel that your mom is with us." I told him
"And I love you impossibly more for that." He said leaning down to kiss me.
After a while we got up and started on lesson plans for Monday, this was my first time preparing one and it was a little scary,
I had to look over all the information I had to teach the classes for the entire semester and find a way to incorporate it all smoothly. Will finished his early but sat with me while I continued my work and read a book I had given him earlier.
The weekend was spent quietly, with just the two of us; I finished all my class work and managed to lay out a couple lesson plans for the first week of classes. It was Sunday night now and tomorrow would be my first day of Teaching.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed it, next is Bella's first day as a teachers assistant, teaching a lab, YAY! lol okay maybe thats not so exciting but I'll see what I can do to spice things up a bit :)
Do your thing and review and I'll do mine and write. Thanks as always to my readers!
XOXO